NUR5013 Fostering therapeutic interactions in mental health nursing practice
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
NUR5013 Fostering therapeutic interactions in mental health nursing practice is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Peninsula. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before NUR5013
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After NUR5013
No unit lists NUR5013 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in course code M6031 in the Mental Health Nursing specialisation.
Overview
In this unit you will focus on mental health nurses most foundational forms of communication. The unit will focus on your capacity to be fully present, actively and appreciatively listen, reflexively understand, and sensitively explore your interactions and conversations with service users and their carers and families. You will learn to enhance counselling microskills, expand therapeutic communication and tolerate uncertainty in everyday clinical practice.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Peninsula | Flexible |
Assessment
- Essay and forum posting (2,000 words)Written40%
- Essay and multimedia communication (10 minute video + 1000 word written reflection)Presentation60%
- Clinical portfolio (Pass/Fail)PerformanceCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Analyse the fundamental principles of helping relationships in mental health nursing practice
- 2
Demonstrate and justify counselling microskills to engage and support mental health service users
- 3
Examine the therapeutic use of self when working with mental health service users
- 4
Argue the need for mental health nurses to adopt a not-knowing perspective, suspending their professional and personal beliefs to understand the point of view of mental health service users
- 5
Critique your own clinical work through reflective practice.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials12 hours
12 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self-directed learning including tutorials and online activities.
Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Adam Searby
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Adam Searby
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for NUR5013?
NUR5013 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is NUR5013 offered?
In 2025, NUR5013 runs in Semester 1 at Peninsula.
Does NUR5013 have an exam?
No. NUR5013 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.